Roanoke Rapids Owls 1939 prospects shaped by Jesse Lee
Roanoke Rapids manager Jesse Lee plans the best local baseball team in 1939. He aims to sign top players including George Nethercutt and Tommy Byrne from UNC and Wake Forest, plus local talents Bennie McCrary and Bill Branch, depending on season ticket sales.
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Roanoke Rapids
Jesse Lee
The
Herald Today
Roanoke Rapids Owls
Owls
George Nethercutt
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
George
Tommy Byrne
Wake Forest
Cornell
Manger Lee
Rae Scarborough
Bennie McCrary
Wichita
Bill Branch
New Tax Collector E H Smith Authorized in Weldon
Halifax County commissioners sworn in E H Smith as County Tax Collector with bond approved for 6500 dollars. Deputy collectors to be appointed. Miss Sarah Dunn named office deputy with 2000 dollar bond. Salaries for deputies remain through July 1 1940. Auditor reports show 1938 levy funds and prior land sale amounts turned over. Sheriff Joe L Rid dick discharged from liability along with bond sureties.
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County Board of Commissioners
E. H. Smith
Weldon
Sarah Dunn
Smith
National Surety Corp
Perry
Collier
Shell
Joe L. Riddick
C. S. Vinson
Mr. Thompson
A. Lee Rawlings & Co
J. L. Riddick
Halifax County
Pilgrim family forced to land near Thelma during storm
Carl de Gouahl of Bradford Pa with two daughters Betty and Mary and a pilot were forced to land in a field near Thelma by a storm while en route to Florida. State Trooper Rothrock helped them to Roanoke Rapids where they stayed at Smiths Hotel overnight. The pilot guarded the grounded plane at Edgar Isles field until they departed Sunday morning.
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Bristol
Florida
Carl de Gouahl
Thelma
Rothrock
Pennsylvania
Betty
Mary
Roanoke Rapids
Smith's Hotel
Edgar Isles
Freuler Named County Home Superintendent in Place of Medlin
Halifax County Board of Commissioners appointed Robert Freuler of Weldon to succeed the retiring James Medlin as Superintendent of the County Home and Sanatorium effective May 1. Medlin resigns due to age after faithful service. Freuler formerly with the State Highway Department. The board also authorized notifying James of Roanoke Rapids that the laundry operations will be assigned to A. P. Ellis beginning May 1, and Mrs. Wheeler donated $50 to the Curb Market Building. An in memoriam note honors Angie Mae Godwin mentioning spring memories and a resting place.
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Medlin
Halifax County
County Board of Commissioners
Robert Freuler
Weldon
Freuler
State Highway Department
Mr. Medlin
James
Roanoke Rapids
A. P. Ellis
Wounded: In Bad Shape In Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Troy Allen 18 remained in serious condition at Roanoke Rapids Hospital after gunshot injuries to the left hip and hand from a shotgun. Page Allen and Troy say the shooting at their brother’s Hamilton Street home was accidental while handling an unloaded gun.
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Troy Allen
Roanoke Rapids
Page Allen
Hamilton Street
Troy
Revival at Pentecostal Church Draws Crowds on Henry Street
The Pentecostal Church of God on Henry Street hosts Rev. Walter E. Albee of Tennessee for a multi night revival. Evening sermons cover topics from The Beast and The Mark of the Beast to The Power of the Resurrection and The True Church versus The False Church with services through Monday. Church leaders Pastor H. V. Lawson and others spent Saturday in Rocky Mount.
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Pentecostal Church of God
Henry St
Walter E. Albee
Tenn
Jesus Christ
H. V. Lawson
In loving memory of Mrs. John H. Outland
In loving memory of my beloved mother who died April 3 1931 a precious one from us is gone A face we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home which can never be filled No one knows how much we missed you Where no farewell words are said Her daughter Mrs W E Chambliss & children
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Angie Mae Godwin
Jack Brigman
John H. Outland
W. E. Chambliss
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Greensboro
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Carolina
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Jesse
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Roanoke Rapids Herald
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N. D. Cox
Rocky Mount
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